Customers faced longer wait times because of reduced supply chain capacity, but the delays seem to have gotten worse.
The delivery times on Apple's online store in the United States are currently hovering around the six-week mark, with deliveries for all iPhone 14 Pro models only available from December 27th, putting them out of reach of many would-be gift-buying customers before Christmas Day.
The delays corroborate analyst expectations that Apple's iPhone 14 Pro models will fall short of earlier shipment estimates.
According to Morgan Stanley, the strict COVID-19 restrictions imposed on the factory in Zhengzhou in recent weeks has led to a decrease in the number of units that will be shipped.
The analysts wrote that the wait time for 14 Pro/Pro Max has gone from two to four weeks a month ago to four to five weeks now.
Morgan Stanley predicts that output will be higher than usual in the first few months of the year. Workers were ferried to the plant over the weekend in order to make up for lost ground.
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